Understanding the Development of the Christmas Nativity Stories Through the Lens of Jewish Midrash (What You Were NOT Taught in Sunday School)
About Jim Dant
Jim Dant was born Jewish, christened Roman Catholic, baptized Baptist and received his doctorate from a Presbyterian Seminary.
Jim is a graduate of Georgia State University, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary. He has also enjoyed post-graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, Hebrew College, Macon State College and received certifications in group spiritual direction and Ignatian retreat direction at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California.
Jim currently serves as Senior Minister of First Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina – a church recently named one of the 100 Most Awesome Churches in America. He also ministers as a writer and conference speaker. In past years, he has served as a staff minister at Parkwood Hills Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia and Marietta, Georgia’s First Baptist Church. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Baxley, Georgia (7 years) and Highland Hills Baptist Church of Macon, Georgia for more than 14 years. Concurrent with pastoral work, he has also served as an adjunct professor at Brewton Parker College (4 years) and then Mercer University.
He has written eight books, several series of curriculum, numerous articles and essays…and a poem for Highlights magazine when he was nine years old.
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Cameron Trimble is an author, national faith leader, pilot and pastor. She has written a number of books and produces a daily meditation sent to hundreds of people across the world. She has written dozens of articles for various publications and is a frequent keynote speakers at conferences.